Grantland Book of the Year.Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites, Jason Diamond.Book Riot, 2014’s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses."Valeria Luiselli is a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an important voice in Latin American letters. Her vision and language are precise, and the power of her intellect is in evidence on every page." — Daniel Alarcón"I'm completely captivated by the beauty of the paragraphs, the elegance of the prose, the joy in the written word, and the literary sense of this author." — Enrique Vilas-MatasValeria Luiselli is an evening cyclist; a literary tourist in Venice, searching for Joseph Brodsky's tomb; an excavator of her own artifacts, unpacking from a move. In essays that are as companionable as they are ambitious, she uses the city to exercise a roving, meandering intelligence, seeking out the questions embedded in our human landscapes.Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novel and essays have been translated into many languages and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and McSweeney's. Some of her recent projects include a ballet performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City.

Por primera vez, Dios y el diablo están de acuerdo. Cansados de sus eternas disputas y deseosos de determinar de una vez por todas quién de los dos debe reinar en el mundo, deciden entablar una última batalla. Las reglas son las siguientes: cada uno de ellos enviará a la Tierra un emisario que contará con siete días para decantar el destino de la humanidad hacia el Bien o el Mal. Dios y Lucifer establecen que el enfrentamiento se producirá en la ciudad de San Francisco y eligen a sus mediadores. Dios escoge a Zofia, una joven competente, con el encanto de un ángel. Lucifer se decide por Lucas, un hombre atractivo sin ningún tipo de escrúpulos. La tarde de su primer día en la Tierra, los destinos de Zofia y Lucas se cruzan, pero para consternación de Dios y el diablo, el encuentro, lejos de provocar un altercado, toma unos derroteros insospechados.Marc Levy nos ofrece una irresistible comedia romántica protagonizada por dos seres procedentes de mundos dispares que nunca deberían haberse encontrado, pero irremediablemente predestinados a hacerlo.

Siete domingos rojos (1932) es una de las primeras novelas de Ramón J. Sender (1901-1982) y también una de las más vigorosas de su extensa producción. Con abundantes dosis de reportaje, con no pocos ingredientes extraídos de su propia circunstancia personal, el autor traza las líneas maestras del anarquismo español en el periodo republicano, Samar, el protagonista, recuerda al propio Sender tanto por la pasión con que se inmiscuye en las luchas sociales de su tiempo como por el afán reflexivo mediante el que pretende distanciarse del torbellino de la historia para entenderlo mejor. Conviene recordar que hasta ahora no se había reeditado la primera versión de la obra. En los años setenta, fue publicada en varias ocasiones pero siempre con importantes modificaciones con respecto al texto original, como bien pone en evidencia la presente edición crítica.

Egils LukjanskisSieviete visam mūžam+ garstāsts Bez manisAtceries, cilvēk, ka tu esi tikai pīšļi, es domās atkārtoju un man pēkšņi ienāca prātā, ka varbūt viss ir jādara tieši otrādi. Jāaizmirst un jādzīvo tikai sev, jādzīvo tā, lai nedzirdētu ne­kādus palīgā saucienus, nekādas vaimanas vai žēlastības lū­gumus, jo patiešām agrāk vai vēlāk mēs visi būsim nekas. ..preses namsMākslinieks INTS VILCANSRedaktore LAURA DUMBERE Korektore MĀRA KAUGARE Tehniskā redaktore SKAIDRĪTE GRINBERGAApgāda «Preses nams» vadītāja MĀRA CAUNE Tipogrāfijas direktors TEODORS PROSISLukjanskis E.Sieviete visam mūžam. — R.: a/s «Preses nams», 1996. — 288 lpp.Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisGrāmatā apvienoti romāns «Sieviete visam mūžam» un garais stāsts «Bez manis». Kā allaž, autors risina sievietes un vīrieša likteņ- attiecības mūsdienu Latvijas apstākļos. E. Lukjanskis, I. Vilcāna mākslinieciskais iekārtojums, 1996.

One of the most widely reviewed debuts of the year, Sightseeing is a masterful story collection by an award-winning young author. Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface of a warm, Edenic setting. Written with exceptional acuity, grace and sophistication, the stories present a nation far removed from its exoticized stereotypes. In the prize-winning opening story "Farangs," the son of a beachside motel owner commits the cardinal sin of falling for a pretty American tourist. In the novella, "Cockfighter," a young girl witnesses her proud father's valiant but foolhardy battle against a local delinquent whose family has a vicious stranglehold on the villagers. Through his vivid assemblage of parents and children, natives and transients, ardent lovers and sworn enemies, Lapcharoensap dares us to look with new eyes at the circumstances that shape our views and the prejudices that form our blind spots. Gorgeous and lush, painful and candid, Sightseeing is an extraordinary reading experience, one that powerfully reveals that when it comes to how we respond to pain, anger, hurt, and love, no place is too far from home.

A collection of fictional short stories mainly set in East Texas. Hannah's protagonists tend to be males, lonely due to some form of exile struggling to find some connection to others.

Winter 1836, and the "Belle of Wilmington" discharges its doomed crew on Wherrytown. Little daunted, the Captain and his sailors flirt, drink and brawl their way through the village, marooned along with Aymer Smith, a virgin and a blunderer in search of a wife. As vivid and alive as characters by Dickens, these men play out their dreams against a haunting, monumental landscape, bringing the New World back to the Old, with fresh discoveries, fresh hazards, fresh hopes.'The passions and mores of the 1830s are flawlessly delineated in this masterly novel, imbued with the tang and power of the sea' "Independent".

These sixteen stories by the much-celebrated Alix Ohlin illuminate the connections between all of us — connections we choose to break, those broken for us, and those we find and make in spite of ourselves.

Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there’s no going back.Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows only too well how to survive in a violent, macho world. Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her brother, she is smuggled into the USA carrying a pair of secret messages — one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld.In this grippingly original novel Yuri Herrera explores the actual and psychological crossings and translations people make — with their feet, in their minds, and in their language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back.Born in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970, Yuri Herrera studied in Mexico and El Paso and took his PhD at Berkeley. Signs Preceding the End of the World (Señales que precederán al fin del mundo) was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and is being published in several languages. After publishing Signs Preceding the End of the World, And Other Stories will publish his two other novels in English, starting with The Transmigration of Bodies(La transmigración de los cuerpos) in 2016. He is currently teaching at the University of Tulane, in New Orleans.Lisa Dillman is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she translates Spanish, Catalan and Latin American writers and teaches at Emory University. Her recent translations include The Frost on His Shoulders by Lorenzo Mediano, Op Oloop by Juan Filloy (longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award), Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World by Sabina Berman and Rain Over Madrid by Andrés Barba. She is obsessed with words, running, cooking and her dog, Maya.

In ihrem aufsehenerregenden Debüt erzählt die gefeierte Open-Mike-Preisträgerin Inger-Maria Mahlke eine faszinierende Geschichte über Misstrauen, Abhängigkeit und erotische Anziehung.Hermann Mildt war Polizeibeamter, bis man ihn frühpensionierte, weil er seine tote Frau im Garten fotografierte. Eher unfreiwillig nimmt er Jana Potulski bei sich auf, sie ist Polin ohne Papiere und sucht eine Übernachtungsmöglichkeit. Warum er sich auf sie einlässt, kann er nicht sagen. Er darf ihre Brüste berühren, abends im Bad. Nach drei Tagen läuft sie ihm weg. Erst sucht er sie, dann wartet er, und schließlich findet er sie auf der Straße wieder. Und Jana Potulski kehrt mit ihm in die Wohnung zurück. Doch dann geht alles drunter und drüber. – Meisterhaft im Ton und voll untergründiger Spannung schildert Mahlke die Geschichte einer ungewollten Annäherung, einer Entwahrlosung – ein Roman ganz auf der Höhe unserer Zeit.

From the celebrated author of The Curfew (“A spare masterwork of dystopian fiction” —The New York Times Book Review), Jesse Ball’s Silence Once Begun is an astonishing novel of unjust conviction, lost love, and a journalist’s obsession.Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their homes in the same Japanese town, a single playing card found on each door. Known as the “Narito Disappearances,” the crime has authorities baffled — until a confession appears on the police’s doorstep, signed by Oda Sotatsu, a thread salesman. Sotatsu is arrested, jailed, and interrogated — but he refuses to speak. Even as his parents, brother, and sister come to visit him, even as his execution looms, and even as a young woman named Jito Joo enters his cell, he maintains his vow of silence. Our narrator, a journalist named Jesse Ball, is grappling with mysteries of his own when he becomes fascinated by the case. Why did Sotatsu confess? Why won’t he speak? Who is Jito Joo? As Ball interviews Sotatsu’s family, friends, and jailers, he uncovers a complex story of heartbreak, deceit, honor, and chance.Wildly inventive and emotionally powerful, Silence Once Begun is a devastating portrayal of a justice system compromised, and evidence that Jesse Ball is a voraciously gifted novelist working at the height of his powers.

Ganadora del XVIII Premio La Sonrisa Vertical, en 1996. Hector es un maduro y solitario profesor de piano, es, ademas, un maestro de la transfiguracion erotica que le lleva a recrear criaturas que, en ocasiones, forman parte de la realidad, como su aplicada alumna Elisa quien va cediendo a sus perversas insinuaciones. Sin embargo, es una misteriosa joven, Blanca, con la que ira inventando y poniendo en escena todas las ceremonias que el deseo les ordena celebrar. Precisa y turbadora. Una gran novela que confirma a un autor en estado de gracia.

"Silikon" to zbiór błyskotliwych tekstów, w których Manuela Gretkowska ujawnia jeszcze jeden swój dar – talent publicystyczny. Pisze przeciw stereotypom, wbrew konwencjom obyczajowym i estetycznym. Autorka zaskakuje czytelnika, bawi go, a przede wszystkim – nie nudzi, opisując ikony popkultury, tajemnice litery Alef i Catherine Deneuve, półlesbijki z haremu i namolne feministki (…). Te publiczne wypowiedzi Gretkowskiej są dla jednych dowcipną, trafną analizą absurdów i zjawisk kulturalno-społecznych, a dla innych prowokacją i powodem podania autorki do sądu".

„Šilko kelio daina“ – įspūdingas, bei įtraukiantis romanas apie dvasines žmogaus paieškas egzotikos ir paslapčių kupinoje kelionėje. Šis romanas  pasakoja apie tai kai dar būdama maža mergaitė ir augdama Honkonge, Lilė Lin žavėjosi dykuma, tiksliau dykumos  nuotraukomis. Neaprėpiamais, akimis neišmatuojamais toliais ir keliaujančiomis kopomis. Dabar, gyvendama Niujorke, uždarbiaudama kavinėje ir bandydama užbaigti dar universitete pradėtą romaną, ji sulaukia netikėto pasiūlymo iš savo netikėtai atsiradusios tetos. Teta, apie kurią Lilė niekada nieko nebuvo nei girdėjusi, nei žinojusi, pareiškia sumokėsianti dukterėčiai milžinišką sumą,  žinoma ne šiaip sau, bet jei Lilė sutiks  keliauti per Kiniją grėsmingą Takla Makano dykuma ir pakeliui atlikti kelėta nelengvų užduočių.

Smalsumo vedama bei noro gauti pinigus,  Lilė  sutinka. Vienos  iš jai skirtų  užduočių  pavojingos, kitos – keistos. Lilė privalo nuskelti gabalėlį molio nuo garsiųjų terakotinių skulptūrų, įkopti  į Dangaus kalnus ir ten nuskinti snieginį lotosą, bei sugundyti vienuolį. Siane, pirmoje savo kelionės stotelėje, ji susitinka jauną amerikietį Aleksą ir šis pasišauna ją visur lydėti.

Kelioneje po Taklo Makano dykumą, Lilė sutinka daug žmonių, kūrė per kelionę prisidėjo  prie jos gyvenimo apmąstymų  bei bandymų kažką keisti. Taigi, jeigu ieškote knygos kurią galėtumėte ramiai paskaityt vakare prie jaukios židinio šilumos ir  norėtumėt apgalvot savo iki šiol buvusį  gyvenimą ar  nuveiktus darbus, siūlyčiau perskaityt šį romaną, nes tai žavingas pasakojimas apie tikėjimą savimi ir  atsidavimą. Tai susimąstyti skatinantis romanas.

Originalas - Yip, Mingmei. Song of the Silk.

Vertė: Liutkutė, Jovita

Mingmei Yip was born in China, received her Ph.D. from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, and held faculty appointments at the Chinese University and Baptist University in Hong Kong. She's published five books in Chinese. She immigrated to the United States in 1992, where she now lives in New York City.

Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1990)

Everybody is talking about Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!

"A remarkable gift of a novel."--Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle

"I am so in love with this book."--Nina LaCour, author of Hold Still

"Feels timelessly, effortlessly now."--Tim Federle, author of Better Nate Than Ever

"The best kind of love story."--Alex Sanchez, Lambda Award-winning author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends with Girlfriends

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out--without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

Incredibly funny and poignant, this...

Eduardo Lalo is one of the most vital and unique voices of Latin American literature, but his work is relatively little known in the English-speaking world. That changes now: this masterful translation of his most celebrated novel, Simone—which won the 2013 Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize — will introduce an English-language audience to this extraordinary literary talent.A tale of alienation, love, suspense, imagination, and literature set on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Simone tells the story of a self-educated Chinese immigrant student courting (and stalking) a disillusioned, unnamed writer who is struggling to make a name for himself in a place that is not exactly a hotbed of literary fame. By turns solipsistic and political, romantic and dark, Simone begins with the writer’s frustrated, satiric observations on his native city and the banal life of the university where he teaches — forces utterly at odds with the sensuality of his writing. But, as mysterious messages and literary clues begin to appear — scrawled on sidewalks and walls, inside volumes set out in bookstores, left on his answering machine and under his windshield wiper—Simone progresses into a cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his mystery stalker. When the eponymous Simone’s identity is at last revealed, the writer finds in the life of this Chinese immigrant a plight not unlike his own. Traumatized and lonely, the pair moves towards bittersweet collaborations in passion, grief, and art.

Роман из жизни восточногерманской провинцииИнго Шульце написал книгу о современности, вглядываясь в «простого человека», в «мелочь» жизни, в те времена, когда взлетала и оседала пыль Берлинской стены. «Simple storys» – сборник историй, образующих своеобразный роман о провинциальных немцах исчезнувшей страны. Как Клод Моне маленькими мазками чистого тона воссоздавал восход солнца, надеясь на оптический эффект зрения, так и Инго Шульце рассказ за рассказом создает картину, описывающую сплетенные друг с другом судьбы разных людей восточного городка Альтенбург после объединения Германии.

Zakhar Prilepin’s novel-in-stories, Sin, has become a literary phenomenon in Russia, where it was published in 2007. It has been hailed as the epitome of the spirit of the opening decade of the 21st century, and was called “the book of the decade” by the prestigious Super Natsbest Award jury.In the episodes of Zakharka’s life, presented here in non-chronological order, we see him as a little boy, a lovelorn teenager, a hard-drinking grave-digger, a nightclub bouncer, a father, and a soldier in Chechnya. Sin offers a fascinating glimpse into the recent Russian past, as well as its present, with its unemployment, poverty, violence, and local wars — social problems that may be found in many corners of the world.Zakhar Prilepin presents these realities through the eyes of Zakharka, taking us along on the life-affirming journey of his unforgettable protagonist.

Historia del año y medio de la vida de un adolescente en diversos campor de contración nazis (experiencia que el autor vivió en propia carne), Sin destino no es, sin mbargo, ningún texto autobiográfico. Con la fría objetividad del entomólogo y desde una distancia irónica, Kertész nos muestra en su historia la hiriente realidad de los campos de exterminio en sus efectos más eficazmente perversos: aquellos que confunden justicia y humillación arbitraria, y la cotidianidad más inhumana con una forma aberrante de felicidad. Testigo desapasionado, Sin destino es, por encima de todo, gran literatura, y una de las mejores novelas del siglo xx, capaz de dejar una huella profunda e imperecedera en el lector.